Candy Melts Ingredients

Any of the foods or substances that are combined to make a particular dish

An ingredient is a substance that forms part of a mixture (in a general sense). For example, in cooking, recipes specify which ingredients are used to prepare a specific dish. Many commercial products contain a secret ingredient that is purported to make them better than competing products.

candy

a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

A sweet food made with sugar or syrup combined with fruit, chocolate, or nuts

(candied) encrusted with sugar or syrup; “candied grapefruit peel”

Sugar crystallized by repeated boiling and slow evaporation

sugarcoat: coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze

melts

Change (something) to a liquid condition by heating it

(melt) dissolve: become or cause to become soft or liquid; “The sun melted the ice”; “the ice thawed”; “the ice cream melted”; “The heat melted the wax”; “The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase”; “dethaw the meat”

Melt something, esp. a metal article, so that the material it is made of can be used again

Become liquefied by heat

(melt) reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; “melt butter”; “melt down gold”; “The wax melted in the sun”

(melt) mellow: become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; “With age, he mellowed”

2. On work surface, place 3/4 cup dough. Knead desired amount of food color into dough until color is uniform. Press dough evenly in bottom of pan.

3. Divide remaining dough in half. Gently press one half of remaining dough into pan on top of orange dough. On work surface, knead chocolate into remaining dough until color is uniform. Press over plain dough in pan, pressing gently to edge of pan. Refrigerate 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until firm.

Peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into slices.
Melt the butter or margarine in a heavy skillet and add the sliced sweet potatoes.
Mix the sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Cover the sweet potatoes with sugar mixture and stir. Cover skillet, reduce heat to low and cook for about 1 hour or until potatoes are "candied". They should be tender but a little hard around the edges. Also the sauce will turn dark. You will need to stir occasionally during the cooking. Stir in the vanilla just before serving. Serve hot.